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Linux Commands for Lab Practice.

1. exit to end a current session as well current terminal logging

Syntax: [root@nettech root] exit

2. man to view the mannual page of commands for syntax

Syntax: [root@nettech root] man command name

3. info to view the information about any command

Syntax: [root@nettech root]#mkdir info

4.--help to view the help doccuments of a command

Syntax: [root@nettech root]#commandname --help

5. dir to view the subdirectories and files under the directory

Syntax: [root@nettech root]#dir

6. su - to become a super user

Syntax:[mango@nettech mango]$su -output wil be [root@nettech root#]

7. who by this command you can see the user name and their ip addresses
Who have logged in on your server?

Syntax: [root@nettech root]#who

8. whoami this command shows your current logged in terminal user name

Syntax: [root@nettech root]#whoami

9. who am i this command shows you the logged in terminal number and user
name and more detailed information

Syntax:[root@nettech root]#who am i

10.find / -name to find any file or directory in linux file system

Syntax: [root@nettech root]#find / -name filename

11. su username to switch from one user to another users home directory
Syntax: [root@nettech root]#su mango
output will be
[mango@nettech root]#cd
[mango@nettech mango]#

12.su - username to switch from one user to another user users home
directory directly

Syntax:[root@nettech root]#su – mango

13.useradd to create a new user

Syntax:[root@nettech root]#useradd username

14. passwd to give a password to a user

Syntax:[root@nettech root]#passwd tarun (tarun is the user name)

Confirm password:(again type the same password)

15. userdel to remove a user from linux

Syntax: [root@nettech root]#userdel tarun

16. groupadd to add a new group

Syntax:[root@nettech root]#groupadd groupname

17. gruopdel to delete a group

Syntax: [root@nettech root]#groupdel groupname

18. chown to change the ownership of a file or directory

Syntax:[root@nettech root]#chown ownername filename

Example:
[root@nettech /]#ls -l
output
drwxrw-rw- 2 root root 4096 Mar 11 12:03 abcd
(permission) (own) (group own)(size) (name)
[root@nettech root]#chown tarun /abcd
In this example /abcd directory owner will be change to tarun user
effect
[root@nettech /]#ls -l
drwxrw-rw- 2 tarun root 4096 Mar 11 12:03 abcd

19. chgrp to change the group ownership of a file or directory

Syntax: [root@nettec root]#chgrp newgroupownername filename


Example
[root@nettech /]#ls -l
drwxrw-rw- 2 tarun root 4096 Mar 11 12:03 abcd
[root@nettech root]#chgrp tarun /abcd
effect
[root@nettech /]#ls -l
drwxrw-rw- 2 tarun tarun 4096 Mar 11 12:03 abcd

20. usermod to modify the user profile


Syntax:[root@nettech root]#usermod -parameter groupname username

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